Orchestra. The ensemble recorded the album Baby I Love You So (2000), released by the Dutch label Black Magic. It is not to be confused with his 1955 single and album releases of the same title. In 2002, Weaver recorded with fellow Detroit veterans Stanley Mitchell and Kenny Martin, billed as the Motor City Rhythm & Blues Pioneers. The resultant self-titled album was released by Blue Suit Records. At the 2003 Great Lakes Folk Festival, Weaver performed as part of the Detroit Blues Revue with Johnnie Bassett and Alberta Adams. In May 2006, Weaver was granted a Distinguished Achievement Award at the Detroit Music Awards. Weaver died of complications following a stroke on July 5, 2006, in Southfield, Michigan, at the age of 71. Discography Baby I Love You So (2000), Black Magic Motor City Rhythm & Blues Pioneers (2002), Blue Suit See also List of Detroit blues musicians References 1934 births 2006 deaths American bandleaders Songwriters from Michigan American blues singers American blues pianists American male pianists American rhythm and blues musicians Detroit blues musicians Electric blues musicians 20th-century American singers 20th-century American pianists Singers from Detroit 20th-century American male singers American male songwriters